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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phonetician

/ˌfoʊ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pho-neti-cian
IPA
/ˌfoʊ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech.

noun

A person who specializes in the study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols.

noun

A dialectologist; a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds.

Etymology

Etymology tree English phonetic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English phonetics English -ician English phonetician From phonetics + -ician.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌfoʊ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/
  • British English: /ˌfəʊ.nɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/

Inflected Forms

phoneticians (plural)

Derived Forms

sociophonetician

Frequently Paired Words

phoneme phonetic phonetically phonetics phonologist

Rhymes With

position addition commission mission condition edition permission tradition transition exhibition planning permission transmission

Questions

How do you pronounce phonetician?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfoʊ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/.
What does phonetician mean?
A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech.
Where does phonetician come from?
Etymology tree English phonetic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English phonetics English -ician English phonetician From phonetics + -ician.

How to pronounce phonetician

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